Legislative Decree 2 January 2018, n. 1 Civil Protection Code. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette of the Republic of Italy 17/2020 Subject Environment gen., General Keyword Public health Hazards Water shortage/drought Flood Forest fires Freshwater pollution Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Nuclear energy Polluter pays principle Pollution control Precautionary principle Risk assessment/management Special fund Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes 06 February 2018 Abstract The Civil Protection Code defines the scope and functions of the National Civil Protection Service. The scope is protecting life, physical integrity, property, settlements, animals and the environment from damage or danger of damage from events disasters of natural origin or deriving from human activity; its functions are those aimed at predicting, preventing, mitigating, and managing the risk of emergencies and overcoming them. Art. 7 defines the "Types of civil protection emergency events" as 1) events that can be managed by single administrations with ordinary powers, 2) events that require coordination of more than one administration and use of extraordinary powers 3) nationwide emergency events that requires the use of extraordinary measures and powers. A. 16 lists the types of risks that generally require intervention of Civil Protection, follow: seismic, volcanic, from tsunami, hydraulic, hydro geological, meteorological phenomena adverse, water deficit and forest fires, chemical, nuclear, radiological, technological, industrial, from transport, environmental, sanitation and uncontrolled return of objects and space debris. Section IV lays down the discipline for managing nationwide emergency events; Art. 24 clarifies the process for a State of Emergency Declaration, Art. 25 identifies in the Chief of the Civil Protection Order the instrument that should be used in a situation of nationwide emergency ("to be adopted, notwithstanding any current provision of law and indicating sections and reasons that it derogates, in respect of the limits and formalities established by the Resolution declaring the state of emergency, in agreement with Region and Autonomous provinces), and the following articles set the discipline on budgeting and post emergency measures. Full text Italian Website www.gazzettaufficiale.it References - Legislation Implemented by Council of Ministers Resolution 31 January 2020 Declaration of the state of emergency due to the health risk associated with the onset of pathologies as a consequence of transmissible virus Legislation | Italy | 2020 Keyword: Public health, Social protection, Risk assessment/management, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Governance, Hazards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Chief of Civil Protection Department Order n. 630, 3 February 2020. First emergency measures in the context of the health risk associated with the onset of pathologies as a consequence of transmissible virus Legislation | Italy | 2020 Keyword: Public health, Social protection, Risk assessment/management, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Governance, Hazards Source: FAO, FAOLEX